Background: Evaluation and perception of MBBS first year students regarding early clinical exposure (ECE). The goals ECE are to provide significance basic sciences along with expansion medical knowledge so as establish the cognitive component professional learning. Medical council India has given new curriculum for undergraduate education in which is one reforms improve quality education. Metho...

background: many studies suggest depression rate in medical students is higher in comparison to others. such disorder can cause motivation loss and hopelessness. therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the depression symptoms and their contributors amongst medical students who were studying the early clinical exposure (ece) in sabzevar, iran.   methods: this cross-sectional study evalu...

Early recognition and rapid initiation of infection control precautions are currently the most important strategies for controlling severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). No rapid diagnostic tests currently exist that can rule out SARS among patients with febrile respiratory illnesses. Clinical features alone cannot with certainty distinguish SARS from other respiratory illnesses rapidly eno...

Background: Many studies suggest depression rate in medical students is higher in comparison to others. Such disorder can cause motivation loss and hopelessness. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the depression symptoms and their contributors amongst medical students who were studying the Early Clinical Exposure (ECE) in Sabzevar, Iran.   Methods: This cross-sectional study evalu...

the empiric antibiotic therapy can result in antibiotic overuse, development of bacterial resistance and increasing costs in critically ill patients. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of procalcitonin (pct) guide treatment on antibiotic use and clinical outcomes of patients admitted to intensive care unit (icu) with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (sirs).  a total ...